elegancy
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Delight, or pleasure, as when one is entertained, or ravished with music, painting, oratory, or any such elegancy, shews itself by the looks, gestures, and utterance of joy; but moderated.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
There was indeed little in common between what we may venture to call the pedantry of Germany and the superficial elegancy of the Jesuit schools.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various
He speaks of 'his fine expression, elegancy, and quaintness,' and adds, 'he does so possess the soul with his graces that we forget those of his fable23.'
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
Whence it comes to pass that all her gifts, elegancy, and graces corrupt and perish.
From The Praise of Folly by John Wilson
In elegancy of manners he has the advantage of all his predecessors, as is particularly remarkable in his address to Sir Giles Alington, his patron.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a revelation to Rose of the elegancies of a dainty, finicky girl's toilet.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
The following incident, narrated by Franklin, illustrates a very important principle in political economy, which those are apt to ignore, who denounce all the elegancies and luxuries of life.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
He has been especially careful to avoid imitating the French and the elegancies of "that ceremonious nation."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand
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